Parking FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions about parking policy across the UK, including council-controlled on-road parking, parking on private land, and parking for disabled people.

Road Accident statistics with various breakdowns and analyses
Road accident casualties in Britain and the world (864 KB , PDF)
The latest data on road collisions is included in the dashboard Constituency data: road traffic collisions and casualties. You can use this to browse local data on road traffic collisions, accidents, and casualties by constituency in Great Britain, including an interactive map. |
In 2016 there were 181,384 accident casualties recorded on Britain’s roads; 1,792 of these were fatal. The long-term trend in the numbers killed and injured from road accidents has been declining, especially in the last two decades.
In 2016 46% of those fatal road accident victims were car occupants; 25% were pedestrians; 25% motorcyclists; and 6% were cyclists
In Great Britain, the overall number of fatalities and road casualties has been in long term decline since the mid-1960s, and especially since the mid-1990s. Measures to address drink driving and improve safety of vehicles and roads have all contributed to this decline which has occurred while road traffic has been increasing.
According to the World Health Organisation, more than 1.25 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes. Injuries from road traffic accidents are the leading cause of death among people aged between 15 and 29 years of age.
Between 20 and 50 million more people suffer non-fatal injuries.
More than 90% of road traffic deaths occur in low and middle-income countries. Road traffic injury death rates are highest in the African region.
The newly adopted 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development has set a target to halve the global number of deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents by 2020.
Road accident casualties in Britain and the world (864 KB , PDF)
Frequently Asked Questions about parking policy across the UK, including council-controlled on-road parking, parking on private land, and parking for disabled people.
This briefing brings together various sources of local pothole and road maintenance funding. It can be used to find local funding allocation datasets.
This briefing paper explains the policies of successive governments towards the designing of vehicle excise duty (VED). It gives information as to the exemptions and how the Government enforces its collection. It also describes the most recent changes to VED